Obama, national security team meet on Islamic State

Amid a rush of news Tuesday -- another Secret Service security lapse, an Ebola case in the United States -- President Obama met with his National Security Council about the battle against the Islamic State.

Obama "received an update on the airstrikes in Iraq and Syria undertaken by the U.S. military and our international partners, and the impact of these operations," said a White House statement.

The group also discussed airstrikes in Syria against the al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group.

The president and national security aides also "the non-military aspects of the strategy" against the Islamic State, including the organization of allies, the White House said.

Other participants in the meeting, per the White House:

-- Vice President Biden

-- Secretary of State John Kerry

-- Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel

-- Attorney General Eric Holder

-- Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson (via secure video)

-- White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough

-- National Security Advisor Susan Rice

-- U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power (via secure video

-- Counselor to the President John Podesta

-- White House Counsel Neil Eggleston

-- Director of National Intelligence James Clapper

-- Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan

-- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey

-- U.S. Central Command Commander Lloyd Austin (via secure video)

-- Director of the FBI James Comey (via secure video)

-- Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan

-- Deputy National Security Advisor Antony Blinken

-- Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco

-- Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes

-- Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Rand Beers

-- White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and Gulf Region Philip Gordon

-- Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, General John Allen (retired)

-- Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk